Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques

<p>Learn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! <b>Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition</b> provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!</p> <ul> <li>Comprehensive coverage includes <b>more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures.</b></li> <li><b>Rationales for each step within skills</b> explain the "why" as well as the "how" of each skill and include citations from the current literature.</li> <li><b><i>Clinical Judgments</i></b> alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help you modify care as needed to meet individual patient needs.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE! <i>Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions</i> sections</b> highlight what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene.</li> <li><b><i>Clinical Review Questions</i></b> <b>at the end of each chapter</b> provides case-based review questions that focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making.</li> <li><b>More than 1,200 full-color photos and drawings</b> help you visualize concepts and procedures.</li> <li><b>Nursing process format</b> provides a consistent presentation that helps you apply the process while learning each skill.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>NEW!</b> <b>All-new <i>Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice</i></b> <b>chapter</b> incorporates concepts of the NCSBN clinical judgment model</li> <li><b>Updated evidence-based literature</b> is incorporated throughout the skills</li> <li><b>NEW! End-of-chapter questions and end-of-unit unfolding case studies</b> provide optimal preparation for the <b>Next-Generation NCLEX®</b> (NGN)</li> </ul>